Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-03
THE SAINTS MISTAKE.

take. L HtS Soulu h''N
the State over and not have found
more vulnerable candidate. His
record in the Tensas matter would
alone be sufficient to defeat him,
or ought to beif tits not. But the
greatest mistake his friends made
after having selected him-was
to put him up on a pedestal, and
point exultingly TO him, saying
Gentlemen, there is our man! Tor
pun y of motive, for uprightness,
for honesty, for in short, all that
is excellent and good, he stands
peerless.
Not satisfied with thus making
their man ridiculous, the saints
select Mr.. Hollingsworth to launch
the boom for their candidate. The
send off was fairly good, bu, it W; S
not as successful as was expected
and desired. There was not that
enthusiastic rally that was so con-
fidently predicted. As matter OF
fact, after the launch there was an
awful pause.
Then the saints proceeded to
whip in the erring brethren. 1t
was proclaimed that everyone must
forthwith get right down off OF the
| fence, and declare himself, All
who persisted in remaining seated
on the fence, were to be classed as
nti-Nicholls, and assumed to be
for McEnery. This dreadful alter
native, knocked a few off the fence
but as many thus knocked off, de-
clared for McEnery, as did for
Nichols.
This was far from satisfactory,
and stronger measures were resort
ed to. Mr.. Hollingsworth sat him,
self down and wrote a letter to MIR,
Jonas demanding of him that he
come out and declare him self fol
Nichols, or the saints would not
support him for the Senate, but
would, instead, support Mr.. Blan'
chard the present congressman
from the 4th district. Instead otter,
rifying Mr.. Jonas, this letter
brought a letter from that gentle
man that effectually squelched MIR
Hollingsworth and Mr.. Holdings
worth has apparently withdraw
from the campaign. Either that
or he has secluded himself and il
engaged in concocting anothe
l letter to somebody.
No sooner did Mr.. Hollingswortl
pop down, than up pops Judge E
d. White, one of the Judges Q
| Nichols Supreme Court. Judg
White first appears on the seen
by undertaking to answer serie
of ten questions propounded b
the DeSotO Democrat. Many &
: the questions were answered by
r simple yes, or no, mostly no. Tn
G Judge assumes that when he take
It up a question and looks at it, an
turns it over in his mind, or hi
hand, and then lays it down an
=. says no, that the matter is settled
A very few other people preten
- that they think so too, but ever
else thinks the Judge came out 6
the little end of the horn.
q Then the Judge helps NJ
y Nichols open the campaign, an
N makes q speech. He puts his foo
q in it, splash, when he did that. II
). told how Gen. Nichols when Go,
'. ernor, refused to appoint fricn
[. of his (Whites) to office. A frier
1 of mine, me, Judge White repr
70 senting a senatorial district, m
% his friend and counselor. tt
is Judge ought not to have told tina
is if the General won't appoint me
,e to Office recommended by h
friends and supporters, where
the saints come inf If they a
'g not to get the Offices, what are thu
81 struggling for? But the Judge e.
&c plains why his friend was not a
y pointed, because Gen. Nichol
Of had q letter from q man she cou
In notafford to offend, at that tim,
m demanding recognition in the sha
K of the appointment to the Off
te wanted by Judge Whites frien
go of his friend, and he got it, al
he Judge White got-left. Strange
nd say, this action offended the jude
1t He thought it was the independe
Irt character of Gen. Nichols til
lIl lost his friend the office not Eno